Unneutered and Spayed bunnies?

[cheshirette]

So Cocoa got Spayed a few weeks ago, she’s doing fine now and she finished her pain meds just yesterday, but Cerise isn’t neutered yet and I’ve been keeping Cocoa in my room since her operation since I just know that Cerise will try to mount nonstop like he did before (which Cocoa HATED) I have no other cage unfortunately (at least not yet) but I don’t know what I’m going to do now..

The vet told me it would be okay to let them be with each other after 10 days, but thing is, Cerise isn’t neutered yet and I do plan on getting him fixed this month, but when I put both of them back in the cage out of curiosity, Cerise pretty much mounted more than 5 times and Cocoa kept thumping and it was pretty much the same like it was before I got Cocoa spayed  I know she was eager to go back to her cozy cage that she shares with him but his hormones are literally out of control and she cannot relax at all because of him. 

they even started fighting when I bought them out to play?! Cocoa mounted a lot too and it startled me, I don’t know if that’s… normal? 

Is there anything I can do about this? Or any other good way to keep them separated? At least until I get Cerise fixed 

[Azerane]

I’m afraid the advice that your vet gave you regarding putting them back together was not very good. As Cerise is the one doing the mounting, it could be dominance related but it is also likely that it’s very hormonal driven and hormonal mounting is not going to stop until both are spayed/neutered. You will need to keep them separated until at least 6 weeks after Cerise’s neuter. Not only for time to heal, but allowing time for the hormones to dissipate. Some rabbits can go through what is referred to as the post-neuter craze. What may happen is that they get spayed or neutered, and their hormonal behaviours get significantly worse for several weeks (in rare occasions months) before they calm down and start to improve. It is normal for Cocoa to mount a lot because he is an intact buck, but it does mean that they shouldn’t be kept together, since it is clearly distressing to Cocoa and it could easily lead to fighting or injury.

Separate playpens/cages/rooms, it doesn’t matter so long as they are kept separate and have separate play time. You can swap their cages and items in their cage to keep them familiar with sharing objects and each others smells, but keeping them together now is only going to hurt their bond, rather than improve it.

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